Srinath Arvind I, Gupta Neera, Husain Sohail Z
*Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and †University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and ‡Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016 Feb;22(2):465-75. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000611.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been increasingly diagnosed in children and adults. Similarly, acute and chronic pancreatitis are increasingly prevalent conditions with potentially devastating consequences. There is a growing body of literature linking these 2 conditions. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive outline of the association between IBD and pancreatitis and to explore their putative pathophysiology. Based on the collective reports, 2 outstanding reasons for pancreatitis in patients with IBD are medications and IBD complications.
